Wedding Blog

Maria, I love him so much and he is the *greatest* man in the world but he does NOT like his picture being taken. He'll do this for me but I seriously have no expectations...if we get ONE good image, I'm telling you, I will be over the moon.

Flatiron District/Upper West Side, New York

I'm up with the sun nearly everyday now to help the kiddos off to school. I've always been a morning person but not necessarily a 5am kinda morning person. I do cherish that sacred space though that is dark and filled with quiet smiles, french pressed coffee and the sounds of the kids practicing their piano. When Ben and Stephanie reached out to me to photograph their Maryland wedding and plans of a pilgrimage to Lewes came up for their engagement session I suggested seeing a part of the morning that I'll never take for granted living at the beach. You truly cannot regret a morning when you wake to watch the sun rise over the ocean...this morning just happened to be on one of the longest days of the year so we started at 430am...it was worth it though... 

I never wanted to be the kind of photographer that would just churn and burn - pumping out the same kind of images but inserting different faces. I feel the same way about what I feature here. This blog is my canvas and though I've clearly been tuned out for a bit online I've nonetheless been swimming in a sea of beautiful-ness, documenting and living life so wholeheartedly. Over these past several months my heart has just been bursting with fullness because of all of the people, families and couples that I've had the opportunity to interact with and I feel so blessed that they have trusted me and welcomed me into their homes, their worlds and their hearts. I have oodles to share, all in due time, but wanted to break the ice after all these months with a wedding story of two mid-west girls that made their way to a little bed and breakfast in Delaware and united in a way that isn't possible everywhere. I've never been more proud of my home state than I have been these past 14 months. 

I'm often asked if I do "small" weddings or not. I don't really know the proper answer because in my mind every wedding, not matter how intimate or elaborate, is equally important.

This wedding, while it might be labeled "small", is one that holds such a special place in my heart because it was one of those weddings that was elaborately intimate - full of unique moments that just kept coming.

Lauren and Paul found the Eastern Shore because of a "little" craft brewery down here called Dogfish Head. They brought 50 of their closest friends and family from New York City, worked out every detail themselves (sans the catering by the amazing Leo at Modern Mixture) and had a day in Lewes that unfolded so peacefully, even despite the rain. This family on both sides is amazingly talented from photography to writing to art to music and they incoporated it all in just the right way.

The day was a masterpiece and I was so honored to be able to capture it.

And yes, yes I do do small weddings (I was with them from 9am to midnight).

xo Maria